NOTE: Any user that does not have a valid Cornell Netid is an external user.
Internal Cornell pricing can be only applied to purchases funded from Cornell
sources (grants, general Cornell accounts, etc).
Storage
This pricing applies to networked storage hosted on our storage cluster. For more details please look here. Storage used for backups is listed as "1 TB-year backup", please refer to this document for more information.
| unit | unit cost
(Cornell) | unit cost
(external) |
|---|
| 1 TB-year (1-9 units) | $105.00 | $131.25 |
| 1 TB-year (10-19 units) | $94.50 | $118.13 |
| 1 TB-year (20-29 units) | $89.25 | $111.56 |
| 1 TB-year (30+ units) | $84.00 | $105.00 |
| 1 TB-year backup (1-9 units) | $105.00 | $131.25 |
| 1 TB-year backup (10-19 units) | $94.50 | $118.13 |
| 1 TB-year backup (20-29 units) | $89.25 | $111.56 |
| 1 TB-year backup (30+ units) | $84.00 | $105.00 |
Note: Nothing is backed up automatically. After purchasing backup storage, you must configure your backups before any data will be backed up (see the
Backup Storage guide for more information).
Compute units
Compute units can be purchased and credited to BioHPC credit accounts, and then exchanged for computing time on BioHPC rental machines. The length of reservation possible with a particular quantity of compute units will depend on the type of machine; the chart below gives the conversion rates.
| general | medium gen1 | large gen1 | medium gen2 | gpu-equipped gen2 (1x GPU) | gpu-equipped gen2 (2x GPU) | large gen2 | extra large | | 1 compute unit | 3.052 hours | 1.960 hours | 1.802 hours | 1.691 hours | 1.250 hours | 0.990 hours | 0.833 hours | 0.750 hours |
Compute units pricing calculator
As described above, a compute unit represents different reservation lengths, depending on the type of machine being reserved. Compute units are available for purchase in several quantities, shown in the chart below. Choose a server type in the drop-down menu to see the length of reservation corresponding to each purchase quantity. The chart also shows the price per hour for chosen machine type, as well as the price per core-hour.
NOTE: Prices per core listed below depend on number of cores in a server (which may vary among machines of the same type; possible values are shown in the Number of cores drop-down menu). It is not possible to reserve individual cores, only the entire machine.
Server type:
Number of cores:
Pricing:
Prices/rates for medium gen2 with 64 cores
This pricing applies to gen2 medium memory generally accessible workstations, i.e. cbsumm21-32 machines (40 cores; 256GB RAM; 8TB HDD). |
| Compute Units | reservation time | cost
(Cornell) | cost per hour
(Cornell) | cost per hour per core**
(Cornell) |
|---|
| 60 | 101.5 hours | $100.00 | $0.985 | $0.0154 |
| 200 | 338.2 hours | $333.00 | $0.984 | $0.0154 |
| 750 | 1.7 months | $997.00 | $0.786 | $0.0123 |
| 4500 | 10.4 months | $4,782.00 | $0.628 | $0.0098 |
| 9000 | 1.7 years | $7,650.00 | $0.503 | $0.0079 |
**Prices per core are given for purposes of comparing to other HPC compute platforms. It is not possible to rent BioHPC machines by the core, you must reserve the entire machine.
Membership: general membership
The idea behind membership is that, for a flat annual fee, you can use some of the lower-end classes of machine continuously, pending availability, and with some limitations. The limits are 'rolling' which means that they have to be met an any given time, but get updated over time. For example if you make the maximum length reservation now, you will be able to extend it by one day tomorrow at the same time, if the machine is still available.
Note: you cannot use both membership and non-membership accounts to make reservations on the same machine.
annual cost
(Cornell) | annual cost
(external) | machine type | maximum reservation length per server (rolling) | maximum combined reservation across servers (rolling) |
|---|
| $540.00 | $675.00 | general: 16 cores, 48GB RAM | 1.0 weeks | 1.0 weeks |
| medium gen1: 24 cores, 128GB RAM | 1.0 days | 1.0 days |
Hosting
You can host your own server with us, it becomes a part of BioHPC Cloud with access to all software and storage,
but with usage restricted only to an authorized group.
| Unit | unit cost
(Cornell) | unit cost
(external) |
|---|
| installation 0.5U server (one time charge) | $690.00 | $862.50 |
| installation 1U server (one time charge) | $896.00 | $1,120.00 |
| installation 2U server (one time charge) | $1,002.00 | $1,252.50 |
| installation 4U server (one time charge) | $1,215.00 | $1,518.75 |
| annual maintenance (first server) | $1,211.00 | $1,513.75 |
| annual maintenance (next server) | $751.00 | $938.75 |
VM Hosting
We can host a VM or Docker for you on one of our shared servers.
VM/Docker hosting is restricted to BioHPC users already using other
services. NOTE: There is a one-time fee of $100 ($125 for external pricing) for creating a new VM.
| Unit | unit cost per month
(Cornell) | unit cost per month
(external) |
|---|
| 2 cores 13GB RAM, up to 200 GB disk | $30.00 | $37.50 |
| 3 cores 19GB RAM, up to 300 GB disk | $39.00 | $48.75 |
| 4 cores 26GB RAM, up to 400 GB disk | $49.00 | $61.25 |
| 5 cores 32GB RAM, up to 500 GB disk | $57.00 | $71.25 |
| 6 cores 38GB RAM, up to 600 GB disk | $67.00 | $83.75 |
| 7 cores 45GB RAM, up to 700 GB disk | $76.00 | $95.00 |
| 8 cores 51GB RAM, up to 800 GB disk | $85.00 | $106.25 |
| 9 cores 58GB RAM, up to 900 GB disk | $94.00 | $117.50 |
| 10 cores 64GB RAM, up to 1,000 GB disk | $104.00 | $130.00 |
Customized Bioinformatics Analysis / Consulting
Inquire about customized bioinformatics analysis and consulting.
Prices below reflect dedicated support from one Bioinformatics facility staff member:
| Description | Internal price | External price |
|---|
| One hour | $82 | $135 |
| One day | $656 | $1,076 |
| One week | $3,280 | $5,330 |
| One month | $14,167 | $23,234 |
| One year | $169,992 | $278,787 |